Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 5 [Oct. 24, 1861-Dec. 12, 1862].

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Title: Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 5 [Oct. 24, 1861-Dec. 12, 1862].
Author: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Publication: New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press; 1953.
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Page 393

To Isabel II2Open page

August 25, 1862

Abraham Lincoln,

President of the United States of America.

To Her Majesty Dona Isabel II,

By the Grace of God and the Constitution of the Spanish Monarchy Queen of Spain,

&c., &c.

Great and Good Friend: I have received the letter which Your Majesty was pleased to address to me on the 18th. ultimo, announcing the birth of an Infanta upon whom had been bestowed in sacred baptism the names of Maria de la Paz Juana Amalia Adalberta Francisca de Paula Juana Bautista Isabel Francisca de Asis.

I participate in the satisfaction afforded by this happy event, and offer to Your Majesty my sincere congratulations upon the occasion.

May God have Your Majesty always in His safe and holy keeping! Your Good Friend, ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, August 25, 1862.

By the President:

WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State.

Annotation

[1] Copy, DNA FS RG 59, Communications to Foreign Sovereigns and States, III, 192.